Tuesday, May 26, 2009

A SURPRISE BRIDE SHOWED UP FOR OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY

WELCOME TO OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY. I AM SO VERY GLAD YOU COULD DROP BY FOR A VISIT
TODAY AND I HOPE YOU WILL COME BACK. I SO ENJOY FRIENDS DROPPING BY: OLD AND NEW.
PLEASE STOP BY AND TELL OUR BEAUTIFUL HOSTESS, SUSAN, HELLO AT
WHILE THERE VISIT ALL THE PARTICIPANTS LISTED FOR OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY. YOU WILL
BE VERY BLESSED.






ON SATURDAY MY DADDY AND I ATTENDED A WEDDING FOR MY COUSIN, HELD AT THE
HOME OF HIS MOTHER...MY AUNT JEAN. AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE DATE ON THE PICTURES
I DID NOT CHANGE THE DATE ON MY CAMERA...I MUST CONFESS...IT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT...I JUST
COULD NOT GET IT TO CHANGE DATES SO I JUST HIT OKAY SO I COULD TAKE THE PICTURES.



THIS IS MY AUNT JEAN. I COULD SAY 5,000 THINGS ABOUT HER ALL GOOD. SHE HAS BEEN
A WIFE AND HELP MATE TO MY UNCLE BILLY FOR 60 YEARS, AND IS A RETIRED SCHOOL
TEACHER BUT CONTINUES TO TEACH SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR PRE-TEEN GIRLS. MY
UNCLE BILLY IS 80 YEARS OLD AND IS STILL PASTORING A BAPTIST CHURCH. HE HAS
BEEN A PASTOR FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND IS VERY BOLD IN HIS WITNESS FOR CHRIST.
AUNT JEAN UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE GARDENER
AND CARETAKER OF HER BEAUTIFUL YARD. SHE NOW HAS A GARDENER AND SHE LIMITS HER
GARDENING TO POTS ON THE PATIO. I DID NOT PHOTOGRAPH THE WHOLE YARD IN-
CLUDING HER POOL AS OUR TIME WAS LIMITED WITH THE WEDDING TO BEGIN AT 7:00 PM.
I ALWAYS TOLD AUNT JEAN HER YARD AND PATIO NEEDED TO BE IN BETTER HOMES AND
GARDENS.





THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL IS MADE TO BE A POT SETTER...SHE IS SO VERY PRETTY





I LOVED THIS PICTURE BECAUSE OF THE RUSTIC TEXTURE OF THE BARN AND I DEARLY LOVED
THE PATINA OF THE ROOSTER AND HEN.....SHE SAID THEY NEEDED TO BE PAINTED....I SAID
NO...IT WOULD RUIN THEIR PATINA. I WOULD LOVE TO FIND A LITTLE COUPLE JUST LIKE THEM.
















I HAVE NEVER SEEN A LITTLE PIGLET IN A HAMMOCK BUT HE SURE WAS A CUTIE.

















SHE HAS VERY BEAUTIFUL ROSES OF EVERY COLOR...SO BEAUTIFUL









THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL BIRD NEST WE FOUND LAYING IN HER YARD THAT HAD BEEN
BLOWN OUT OF THE TREE....ALL THE SWEET FEATHERS...IT WAS VERY LONG...SHE TOLD ME
WHAT KIND IT WAS.....AN ORIOLE I THINK












THIS IS ONE OF 2 PATIOS AND SHE JUST PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL LAWN FURNITURE AND
IT IS SO VERY PRETTY













WOW....A BRIDE IN THE YARD....WE SNUCK HER OUT THE FRONT DOOR SO WE COULD TAKE
PICTURES WITHOUT MY COUSIN SEEING HIS BRIDE IN HER GOWN. SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL
GIRL FROM THE PHILIPPINES.












CONGRATULATIONS BEAUTIFUL ELLEN AND MY HANDSOME COUSIN LARRY. MAY YOU ALWAYS
BE SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE OF THE LORD AND EACH OTHER.
OUR TIME HAS COME TO AN END FOR TODAY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR STOPPING BY.
JENNIFER I AM PRAYING FOR YOU AS YOU AWAIT YOUR LAB RESULTS.
BLESSINGS AND SMILES
HUGS
debbie













Monday, May 25, 2009

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AND I WON SOME B*E*A*U*T*I*F*U*L EAR BOBS

H...A...P...P...Y M...E...M...O...R...I...A...L D...A...Y

ON SATURDAY I WENT TO DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA WITH MY DADDY, FOR MY COUSIN'S WEDDING.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY DADDY AT HIS MOTHER'S GRAVE...MY SWEET, BEAUTIFUL GRANDMA
ZADA. AS WE WERE DRIVING IT LOOKED LIKE RAIN. DADDY SAID, "NO IT WILL NOT RAIN."
AS WE PULLED INTO THE DRIVE WAY OF THE CEMETERY IT BEGAN TO RAIN. I JUST
PRAYED, "LORD, PLEASE LET THE RAIN STOP AND LET DADDY HAVE THIS MEMORIAL TIME WITH HIS
MOTHER. THANK YOU LORD. 4 HOURS IS A LONG TIME TO DRIVE AND NOT BE ABLE TO PLACE
FLOWERS ON YOUR MOTHERS' GRAVE." IT STOPPED RAINING WITH JUST AN OCCASIONAL
SPRINKLE UNTIL WE WALKED BACK TO DADDY'S PICK-UP...AND THEN IT CAME A DOWN POUR.
GOD IS SO VERY GOOD TO ANSWER OUR SIMPLE REQUESTS, AND I THANK HIM FOR IT.




I CANNOT THINK OF A MORE... HAUNTING...SPIRITUAL...EMOTIONAL...HUMBLE...PRAYERFUL

DEFINITION OF MEMORIAL DAY THAN TO LOOK OUT AND SEE A VAST SEA OF WHITE TOMBSTONES

STANDING AS VALIANT AS THE PRECIOUS SHELL OF THE PERSON WHO GAVE HIS BLOOD

FOR THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. I CRY FOR THEIR BRAVERY, HOPING MY TEARS WILL

FIND THEIR WAY AS A HEALING BALM TO THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUCH A VOID IN

THEIR LIVES. I WONDER IF THEY HAD TIME TO WHISPER "I LOVE YOU" TO THEIR

FAMILIES AS THE GENTLE BREEZE OF HEAVEN CARRIED THEM HOME. I PRAY THEY KNEW

JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR. DID THEY CRY OUT FOR THEIR MOTHER EVEN

THOUGH THEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS SOLDIERS.




SO TODAY WE REMEMBER OUR LOVED ONES. WE REMEMBER HOW THEY MADE US

LAUGH. WE REMEMBER HOW THEY WERE AS BUT A BABY...AS A CHILD...NOT EVEN THE

TERRIBLE TWO'S COULD PREPARE ONE FOR THE TEENAGE YEARS. WE REMEMBER

WHAT PIE OR CAKE THEY LIKED AND BAKE IT IN THEIR HONOR. WE PICK OUT THEIR

FAVORITE FLOWERS, A LITTLE TRINKET. AS DADDY AND I WALKED THROUGH THE

CEMETERY, I SAW DIFFERENT LITTLE TOKENS THEIR LOVED ONES HAD LEFT FOR THEM ON

THIS MEMORIAL DAY. ONE PERSON HAD LEFT DIFFERENT SHAPED ROCKS ACROSS THE

TOP OF THE TOMBSTONE....BEING A ROCK LOVER MYSELF I DID NOT FIND THIS UNUSUAL..

I FIGURED THIS SWEET SOUL WAS PROBABLY A ROCK COLLECTOR. THERE WERE WIND

CHIMES...LITTLE ANGELS...BIG ANGELS...A LITTLE TRACTOR....SO MUCH LOVE WAS

SHOWN AND REMEMBERED THIS MEMORIAL DAY.





NOT LONG AGO I WAS THE WINNER OF VINTAGE GLASS TURQUOISE EARRINGS AT OLDE

DAME PENNIWIGS BLOG. NOW LET ME SAY THIS.....SHE IS A VERY HUMBLE PERSON

WHO HAS A HUGE HEART. MOST OF YOU KNOW HER FOR THE FREE GRAPHICS SHE SO

READILY GIVES. SHE DOES NOT WANT ANY KUDOS AND BECAUSE OF THAT I AM GOING TO GIVE

HER SOME PRETTY BIG KUDOS.....YOU ARE WONDERFUL OLDE DAME PENNIWIG.

YOU CANNOT TELL BY MY PICTURES BUT THE COLOR OF THE EARRINGS ARE VERY

VIBRANT. THEY ARE SIMPLE ELEGANCE AND PACKAGED SO BEAUTIFULLY.

WHAT HAPPENED IS MY HUSBAND AND I WAS TAKING PICTURES ONE AT A TIME AS I

OPENED THE PACKAGE.....WHEN WE WENT TO DOWNLOAD THE PICTURES, THEY WERE GONE....

I WAS QUITE EXCITED AND WONDERED HOW THE PICTURES COULD BE GONE......WHEN

MY HUSBAND DOWNLOADED THE DISC AT WALGREEN'S TO HAVE SOME PICTURES MADE

HE LEFT THE 35.00 DISC WITH ALL OUR PICTURES IN THE MACHINE... AT WALGREEN'S...

HE WAS MAD...I WAS SAD...AND SO WE TRIED TO REDO THE PICTURES BUT WE COULD

NOT PACKAGE IT LIKE SHE HAD DONE....IT CAME IN A BEAUTIFUL PINK TIN AND

WHEN YOU OPENED IT UP THERE WAS A VINTAGE FLOWER WITH A RHINESTONE IN THE

CENTER....AND THE EARRINGS AND SURPRISES WERE EACH WRAPPED IN MAROON TISSUE

PAPER LIKE LITTLE CANDIES. SHE HAD SENT NOT ONLY MY EARRINGS I HAD

WON BUT A ELEGANT PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL EARRINGS FOR AMY AND LEILA. PLEASE VISIT

HER GRAPHIC SITE AND CLICK ON FOR HER EARRINGS...THE QUALITY FAR EXCEEDS THE

MINIMAL PRICE SHE CHARGES. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED I WILL TELL YOU AND I

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY ONE TO YOU THAT WAS NOT QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP.

I KNOW DEAR LADY PENNIWIG YOU DON'T WANT ME TO TOOT ME HORN BOUT YA BUT YE

DESERVE IT ME LADY...LOL








MEMORIAL DAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WHEN I WAS GROWING UP STARTED THE TWO WEEK

VACATION WE ALWAYS SPENT AT EAGLE ROCK, MISSOURI CAMPING OUT AND FISHING.

IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES AFTER DADDY, OUR DRILL SARGENT SCREAMED OUT ORDERS

FOR PLACEMENT OF TENT STAKES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY DONE YESTERDAY...

YOU KNOW THE TYPE. ONCE CAMP WAS ESTABLISHED HE BECAME A FRIENDLY SARGENT.






THIS IS MY BELOVED AMY WEARING HER BEAUTIFUL EARRINGS. OLDE DAME PENNIWIG

ALSO SENT A BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL PHONE FOB ANGEL. AMY ATTACHED IT TO HER BLACKBERRY.

SHE LOVED THE ANGEL. LEILA AND AMY BOTH LOVED...LOVED...THE EARRINGS. THANK YOU

SO VERY MUCH. I AM STILL WAITING FOR A PICTURE OF LEILA IN HER EARRINGS.


PLEASE REMEMBER OLDE DAME PENNIWIG AND HER SON AS THEY AWAIT RESULTS OF TESTS

DONE ON HER SON. REMEMBER TERRY AS SHE AWAITS THE RESULTS TO FIND OUT IF SHE

HAS LUPUS...DEAR LORD WE PRAY NOT. REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING...PATRICIA, JERRY,

DONNA, JEAN, BILLY, ELLEN, LARRY, SUZANNE, JAY, ROY AND ELIZABETH, DORIS'S COUSIN,

IRENE, SHERRY, TONY, JESSE, KATHY AT MIMI'S GARDEN, NOAH, JAMIE, THOR, KRISTEN, RON,

JOANNA'S HUSBAND, GLORIA, WES AND CHRIS AND MIKE AND MO'S SON WHO ARE POLICE

OFFICERS...SUCH YOUNG MEN PUT EVERY DAY IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS.


UPDATE ON AMY: I AM GIVING HER A NEUPOGEN INJECTION FOR LOW COUNTS EVERY OTHER

DAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THIS IS GOD'S LITTLE MIRACLE: MY MOTHER HAD TO WORK AND

COULD NOT GO WITH DADDY TO THE WEDDING. HE ASK ME TO GO WITH HIM...I COULD NOT TELL

HIM AN ANSWER UNTIL AMY HAD LAB ON FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY THE NURSE GAVE AMY A

NEUPOGEN SHOT.....AND SAID, "DR. DEXEUS WANTS YOU TO JUST HAVE A NEUPOGEN SHOT ON

SUNDAY AND TUESDAY." THAT IS THE MIRACLE...WE HAVE NEVER GIVEN HER A NEUPOGEN

SHOT EVERY OTHER DAY BUT THAT MEANT I COULD GO WITH DADDY. WE LEFT EARLY SATURDAY

AND CAME HOME SUNDAY WITH PLENTY OF TIME FOR ME TO GIVE HER THE NEUPOGEN SHOT.

GOD IS SO GOOD. I HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME VISITING WITH FAMILY I HAVE NOT SEEN

IN YEARS.

SHE WILL RECEIVE ERBITUX ON WEDNESDAY IF HER COUNTS ARE UP.

LEILA AND AMY ARE SPENDING EVERY WAKENING HOUR WITH EACH OTHER. THE TWO OF THEM

ARE BUSY...BUSY...BUSY

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AS AMY HAS SURGERY JUNE 10, 2009...I WILL KNOW MORE

AFTER OUR VISIT WITH DR. MEDINA ON JUNE 8TH.

EACH ONE OF YOU THAT ARE FAITHFUL TO LEAVE COMMENTS ARE SUCH A BLESSING TO ME.

I AM SENDING PRAYERS AND SUNSHINE YOUR WAY. WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER.

EVERY TIME A NEW PERSON JOINS AS A FOLLOWER, IT JUST MAKES MY DAY.

HUGS AND GIGGLES

debbie


"I WILL GIVE YOU BACK YOUR HEALTH AND HEAL THY WOUNDS," SAITH THE LORD

~JEREMIAH 30:17







Saturday, May 16, 2009

PINK SATURDAY

IT IS ONCE AGAIN THAT SPECIAL TIME OF THE WEEK WHERE ANGELS
OF PINK GATHER AT BEVERLY'S... http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com
AND CREATE A BEAUTIFUL COLLAGE OF EVERY SHADE OF PINK YOU
COULD EVER HOPE TO FIND, ALL IN ABOUT 160 PLUS BLOGS.
PLEASE STOP BY AND TELL BEVERLY, OUR HOSTESS HELLO AND
SPEND SOME TIME VISITING THOSE BLOGS WHO LOVE THE COLOR
"P***I***N***K"
WHILE VISITING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL BLOGS OF PINK, PLEASE THINK
ABOUT JOINING THIS FUN GROUP OF WOMEN.

THIS IS MY AUNT'S PINK STAIN GLASS...SHE DESIGNED AND THEN

HIRED A STAIN GLASS ARTIST TO MAKE IT. IT IS HUGE: 4' X 4'.

IT HANGS ON HER HUGE WHITE FIREPLACE. THE FIREPLACE WHEN

SHE BOUGHT THE HOUSE WAS BRICK COLORED. SHE HAD IT PAINTED A

WHITE SEMI-GLOSS AND WHITE CARPETING INSTALLED...NO WAY

COULD MY HUSBAND, MY PETS, AND I LIVE IN A HOUSE WITH

WHITE CARPET BUT IT DOES MAKE FOR A BEAUTIFUL HOME.

IF I COULD INHERIT ONE THING FROM HER, IT WOULD BE THIS

STAIN GLASS. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS IN

PERSON. IT IS HUNG FROM VERY STRONG CHAINS ATTACHED TO

BOLTS IN THE FIREPLACE. IT IS A VERY HEAVY PIECE.








SO VERY BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE IT. I LOVE STAINED GLASS. I HAVE SEVERAL
PIECES...MY FAVORITE HANGS IN MY PICTURE WINDOW OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
BAPTIZING JESUS....IT IS ALL DONE IN BLUES.




THIS IS ONE OF MY SWEET TEA POTS. THE PINK IS MORE IN THE MAUVE
FAMILY BUT SHE IS STILL PINK. SHE WANTED TO TRY AND IMPRESS
DANA'S STONE RABBIT.













I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS ADORABLE POST CARD THE CAT CLINIC
SENT OUT REMINDING ANDY TO TELL HIS PARENTS IT WAS TIME FOR
RABIES BOOSTER. IT HAS THE SOFTEST PINK BACKGROUND AND SAYS:
SOME DAYS I COMMAND THE
UNIVERSE, AND SOME DAYS
I GIVE IT THE DAY OFF.
ANY ONE THAT HAS A CAT KNOWS THIS IS TRUE.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS.....THERE WOULD BE NO...NO...FERAL CATS IF
OWNERS ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CATS...OR DOGS.
PLEASE HAVE YOUR CAT, DOG SPAYED OR NEUTERED. MY CATS AND DOG
ARE HOUSE PETS BUT ALL THREE HAVE BEEN NEUTERED.
















THIS IS A NEW PICTURE OF AMY AND LEILA TAKEN ON MY FRONT PORCH
TUESDAY. LEILA HAS PINK CHECKS IN HER SKIRT AND TOP. HER THONGS ARE
PINK. AMY HAS A RED BELT AND RED THONGS. I WENT SHOPPING WITH
THEM AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN WATCHING THEM GIGGLE. THEY HAD
SPENT THE LAST 4 DAYS TOGETHER. THEY HAVE ON THEIR BEAUTIFUL
NEW, NATURAL HAIR WIGS. THE WIGS ARE SO SOFT.
WE WENT TO DR. MEDINA ON MONDAY. WE LEFT THERE WITH A HEAVY
HEART. THEY FELT THAT AMY'S MASS IN HER NECK WAS POSSIBLY
ATTACHED TO THE JAW BONE AND THAT WOULD MEAN A VERY SERIOUS,
SURGERY WITH RECONSTRUCTION AND A TEMPORARY TRACH AND FEEDING
TUBE BUT THE MORE THEY TALKED, THE WORSE IT BECAME AS THE CHEMO
IS ONLY SLOWING DOWN THE CANCER...BUT WHILE WAITING FOR HER
BLOOD COUNTS TO BUILD BACK UP THE TUMOR BEGINS TO GROW
AGAIN. TO REMOVE THE JAW BONE IS QUITE SERIOUS TO GO THROUGH
AND DURING THE SURGERY THEY KEEP TESTING MARGINS AND IF IT
SHOWS CANCER THEY REMOVE MORE. AMY IS ONLY WILLING
TO HAVE SO MUCH REMOVED, AS WOULD I, BEING IN THAT SITUATION,
AND IF SHE IS NOT WILLING TO HAVE EVERYTHING NEEDED REMOVED, THEN
THEY WON'T PUT HER THROUGH THE PAIN OF REMOVING THE LOWER JAW AND
NOT BE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL THE CANCER AS IT WOULD GROW BACK.
THEY ONLY GAVE US A 20% CHANCE A YEAR AGO IF SHE HAD RADICAL
SURGERY, DID CHEMO, AND RADIATION. WE LOVE THE
LORD ENOUGH TO RATHER BE WITH HIM THAN LIVE A LIFE OF NO
QUALITY BY TAKING A BODY PART A PIECE AT A TIME. THEY TOLD
US A YEAR AGO SHE WOULD ONLY LIVE 2 MONTHS....THEY DON'T KNOW
BUT GOD DOES. I HAVE WATCHED AMY SUFFER WITH CHEMO AND
RADIATION UNTIL I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND CRY AND CRY.
I PUT MY HEAD IN THE PILLOW UNTIL I THOUGHT I WOULD SMOTHER
TO BLOCK OUT MY MOANS OF AGONY....SHE JUST MARCHED ON
NEVER ONCE ASKING WHY. JUST A SOLDIER DOING EVERYTHING BUT
HAVING A RADICAL SURGERY THAT WOULD LEAVE HER UNABLE TO EVER
TALK OR EAT AGAIN. SHE WOULD BREATHE THROUGH A
TRACH AND BE GIVEN FOOD THROUGH A FEEDING TUBE IN HER STOMACH.
HER AND LEILA BOTH STARTED CHEMO ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK.
LEILA GOES TO THE CITY AND AMY RECEIVES CHEMO IN OUR TOWN.
I TELL YOU PLEASE HUG YOUR LOVED ONE REAL TIGHT. TODAY
IS ALL WE HAVE. BATHE IN THEIR LAUGHTER, AND TATTOO THEIR
SMILE IN YOUR MIND. AND THANK GOD FOR THEM DAILY, AND
ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR HEALTH.
WAYMON TISDALE WAS A GREAT BASKET BALL PLAYER FROM
OKLAHOMA. I AM GOING TO DO A SPECIAL ON HIM TOMORROW.
44 YEARS OLD WAS GIVER PERMISSION TO GO HOME TO OUR
FATHER IN HEAVEN TODAY. JUST 2 DAYS AGO HE WAS IN OKC TO HAVE HIS
LEG PROSTHESIS REFIT. HE HAD LOST HIS LEG ABOVE THE KNEE TO
BONE CANCER. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL INSIDE AND OUT
AND OKLAHOMANS ARE MOURNING HIS DEATH AND PRAYING
FOR HIS FAMILY.



"I WILL GIVE YOU BACK YOUR HEALTH AND HEAL THY WOUNDS,"
SAITH THE LORD.
~JEREMIAH 30:17



THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR SPENDING A PART OF YOUR DAY WITH ME.
I AM PRAYING FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AND YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS. NEVER,
EVER GIVE UP ON GOD, OR THE POWER OF PRAYER.
BLESSINGS
HUGS
debbie
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY

HELLO AND COME ON IN FOR OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY.

IT IS HOSTED BY THE BEAUTIFUL SUSAN AT:

http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com

Please stop by and tell her hello and visit all the other

participants.




TO START OUT OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY WE ARE GOING TO

BACK TRACK TO SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2009. THESE ARE THE

BEAUTIFUL R.N.'S FROM DR. DEXEUS'S CLINIC HAVING

THE RELAY FOR LIFE GARAGE SALE/PARKING LOT SALE

AT DR. DEXEUS'S CLINIC. THESE NURSES GO FAR BEYOND

WHAT THE DUTIES OF A NURSE ARE...THEY ARE LIKE FAMILY.

THEY WERE NOT ANXIOUS TO HAVE THEIR PICTURES TAKEN

AS THE DAY WAS MUGGY, COLD AND RAINED OFF AND ON.













I HOPE YOU BEAUTIFUL LADIES MADE LOTS OF MONEY.




OUR NEXT STOP IS AT MY AUNT PATRICIA'S HOUSE. THE
HOME OWNER'S ASSOCIATION WHERE MY AUNT LIVES, DOES
NOT ALLOW FENCES. EACH BACK YARD OPENS UP TO A BEAUTIFUL
WALKING TRAIL...AND IT IS LIKE A LOVELY PARK.
MY AUNTS HOME IS DECORATED IN WHAT I WOULD CALL
ROMANTIC TRADITIONAL WITH A TOUCH OF WIMSEY....GORGEOUS
HOME BUT SHE IS MOVING. THE YARD IS BEAUTIFUL WITH
STATUES IN LITTLE CORNERS THAT NO ONE WOULD EVEN SEE
UNLESS YOU TOOK A WALK AROUND HER ENTIRE HOUSE.
HER HOME IS WHAT MAGAZINES ARE MADE FAMOUS FROM.








YOU CAN'T SEE THE BEAUTY IN THIS PICTURE BECAUSE I AM
NOT THAT GOOD OF A PHOTOGRAPHER. BUT THIS IS THE FRONT
FLOWER BED. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PINK PIECE OF SLAG
AND A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AQUA SLAG. SHE HAS VARIOUS
BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF VARIOUS ROCKS AND STATUES.








THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BACK YARD LOOKING AT THE
HOUSE. MY GRAND DAD ALWAYS HAD A WINDMILL IN HIS
FRONT YARD AND HAVING A WINDMILL MAKES HER THINK OF
GRAND DAD.










THIS IS ONE OF HER STONE TABLES AT THE VERY BACK OF
HOUSE LOOKING TOWARD THE WALKING TRAIL. SHE HAS
BIRD FEEDERS AND BIRD BATHS AND YOU CAN JUST SET
THERE AND HERE THE RED BIRDS AND THE MOCKINGBIRDS
AND WATCH THE ROBINS HOP....SHE HAS A CROW WHO
KNOCKS ON THE PATIO DOOR WHEN THE BIRD FEEDER HE EATS
FROM IS EMPTY.











THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RED ROSE BUSH THAT SHE PLANTED


SO WHEN SHE TOOK THE TRASH OUT...THEY WOULD BE PRETTY TO

LOOK AT.












THIS IS ONE OF FIVE PEONY BUSHES SHE HAS. THE BLOOMS ARE A
BEAUTIFUL WHITE WITH A TINY RED OUTLINE ON THE PETALS
RUFFLE EDGE.












THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET AT THE MOST
MOST BEAUTIFUL BRONZE STATUE IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.
I WAS SO IN AWE OF THE STATUE I FORGOT TO LOOK AT THE NAME
OF THE BUILDING IT IS ON THE CORNER OF....BUT I DO KNOW
IT WAS THE EDMOND EDUCATION BUILDING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK JUST SEEING GREEN BACK AGAIN IS JUST AS
BEAUTIFUL AS COLORED THINGS...AFTER A WINTER OF DEAD THINGS.

THE STATUE IS CALLED "THE BOOK"
I COULD STILL BE STANDING THERE LOOKING AT HER AND THE
CHILDREN. IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.....THE DETAIL.......IT IS
AWESOME














YOU CAN SEE THE DETAIN ON HER CLOTHING...HER HANDS...
THEIR HAIR...THE LITTLE GIRL HAS LACE ON HER SOCKS
AND YOU CAN SEE THE LACE.
ONE WONDERFUL THING I CAN SAY ABOUT
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA IS THEIR LOVE FOR BRONZE STATUES
BECAUSE THEY ARE EVERY WHERE. I HAVE SOME MORE TO
SHARE ON A LATER OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY.





























THANK YOU FOR SPENDING A PART OF YOUR WEDNESDAY WITH
ME.
NEXT OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY I WILL BE SHARING OUR
FARMER'S MARKET WITH YOU. THE PICTURES MY HUSBAND
TOOK ON SATURDAY FOR OUR FIRST FARMER'S MARKET DID
NOT TAKE. IT IS HELD IN OUR OLD TRAIN DEPOT STATION
AND IT IS AND WILL BE AWESOME. THIS SATURDAY WILL
BE THE GRAND OPENING.
ONE REALLY NEAT CHRISTIAN MAN WAS THERE WITH HIS
ADORABLE CHILDREN.
HE WAS FROM NOBLE HERITAGE ACRES.
HE BRINGS FARM FRESH EGGS TO MARKET.
THIS IS HIS SCRIPTURE........
STAND YOU IN THE WAY, AND SEE, AND ASK FOR THE
OLD PATHS, WHERE IS THE GOOD WAY, AND WALK THEREIN,
AND YOU SHALL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS....
~JEREMIAH 6:16
HE IS FROM RINGWOOD, OKLAHOMA
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR INSIDE THIS SMALL TRAIN
STATION AS THEY HAD A BAND PLAYING AND SO I ONLY HEARD
ABOUT EVERY THIRD WORD.
READING HIS PHAMLET I BECAME EDUCATED ON THE
DIFFERENCE IN FARM FRESH EGGS FROM HENS THAT ARE
FREE TO SCRATCH FOR BUGS, GRAZE ON FRESH ROTATED
PASTURE GRASSES, AND LIE DOWN IN THE WARMTH OF THE
SUN WITH PLENTY OF FRESH AIR AND WATER. THEIR FEED
MIX IS A CUSTOM RECIPE OF ORGANIC GRAINS, LEGUMES,
AND OTHER LOCALLY GROWN GRAINS. THEY ALSO ADD AN
ORGANIC POULTRY NUTRIBALANCER WITH KELP MEAL....IT IS
A COMPLETE VITAMIN MINERAL SUPPLEMENT WHICH FURTHER
ENHANCES THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF THEIR EGGS.
IF I WAS A HEN I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO PACK MY
DUFFEL BAG AND WADDLE ON DOWN TO NOBLE HERITAGE ACRES,
WOULDN'T YOU....LOL
I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS SATURDAY.
WELL AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR SPENDING A
PART OF YOUR DAY WITH ME.
HUGS
debbie